Note to Dr. iRack: Please don’t call him Mookie.
It’s not funny, it’s just racist and stupidly American.
Mookie the Camel Jockey
June 15, 2008 by Jari
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Changed. No offense intended.
But, just curious, is it offensive because the term “Mookie” is uniquely racist (if so, I had no idea), or because making fun of a guy’s name who happens not to be American is inherently racist?
Okay, I may have waved the racism card a liiittle too eagerly there. (It’s that damned Chris Hedges book that’s making me all soggy inside…)
Seriously speaking, “Mookie” to me sounds dodgy because I remember it being used by U.S. troops in Iraq the same way they use “hajji” etc. It might not be racist per se, just as “Jap” was only an abbreviation, but in that particular wartime context it was just as bad as “slanty-eyed bastard”.
I hope this makes sense.